Oh sugar, I've never stopped praying since that very long ago time. I will continue to pray. I don't know if you ever knew of Ty and my journey, it happened 5 years in. We are at 36 now. Neither of us could have known but my gosh our Lord knew. He resurrected the dead in our life in the emotional and physical, He will yours, I know it, I knew it, I claimed it as my own. I love you to the moon, I am honored to carry a tiny tiny tiny part of your burden before the Lord.

Oh, you got me with this one...so many tears. Praying for you all without ceasing, my dear friend. And also praying that someday, somehow, I will have the opportunity to hug you for real. Lots of love to you.

and of course I will continue to pray as always and like SueBee I pray for the day that I can hug you as well. And if that day doesn't happen here on earth, I know where I will be able to find you, the amazing faithful woman that you are ;)

I have always felt this would happen. Really and truly. It is a family worth fighting for. God knows the end from the beginning and we pray daily for His mercy, grace and wisdom to be ever present in you both. I love you dearly. Always have, always will.P.S. Still waiting on your book. Dont wait til Im too old to read _then I;ll be waiting another forever to get the audio book. :o) love, mil

It's me

I am considering writing my congressman to have my birthday declared a national holiday (yes, I really like my birthday that much)

I'm was married and I'm a mom.

I've been blogging since 2004.

and it's a full spectrum show around here...there is momma blogging, running blogging, Jesus blogging, food blogging, crafty blogging, cancer blogging and sometimes I really kick up the excitement and snap a picture of my latest fingernail polish shade. :D

I have met some incredible people via my ''magic box''.

I love to read.

I love to crochet.

I'm a runner.

Coffee makes me happy.

Really happy.

My kids amaze me.

They are more than I ever deserved.

I have four of them and I homeschool.

I prefer a neatly presented package--but am learning that life is more about messy wrapping and lots of scotch tape.

I am flawed. I make lots of mistakes. I question a lot of things-often.

I don't always feel like it makes sense.

But God always does & I'm learning to just trust Him and swim around in the grace He extends.

In June of 2012, my then ex husband Donald, was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer with mets to his liver. He had exactly zero warning signs. He is forty-three. He is currently undergoing chemo treatments via a chest port every two weeks. He will have chemo for the rest of his life.

There were reasons for our divorce and a cancer dx did not magically make those go away. But God has a plan, greater than any I would create and far different than I ever imagined. This is God making beauty from ashes.